I need to know 10 towns/places in ireland and know where they got the name of the town from.
Thanks
2007-12-09 04:58:40 · 15 answers · asked by jamie f 2 in Travel ➔ Ireland ➔ Other - Ireland
well I'm from Dublin, and the name derives from the Gaelic Dubh (black) Linn (pool), it got its name from where the dodder river meets the liffey, causing a black pool...
I was in Belfast in October and did the bus tour, and according to the tour guide Belfast got its name from the Gaelic, 'mouth of the feiste river' , beal meaning mouth in Gaelic, so beal feist..belfast.
Baile , means town of, so I grew up in Ballyfermot, so that translates as town of fermot.
2007-12-09 11:01:07 · answer #1 · answered by bee bee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are examples of towns from every province in Ireland
English Name - Irish Source - English Translation
Roscommon - Ros Comain - Wood of Coman (Coman was a saint from the area)
Dublin - Dubh Linn - Black Pool
Elphin - Ail Finn - Rock of the Clear Spring
Athlone - Átha Luain - Ford(Watercrossing) of Luan
Navan - An Uaimh - The Cave
Galway - Gaillimh - Stony, referring to the stony river the city sits on.
Cashel - Caiseal - Stone Fortress
Belfast - Béal Feirste - Sandy Ford at the River's Mouth
Derry - Doire - Oak
Tramore - Trá Mór - Large Beach
2007-12-10 22:15:48 · answer #2 · answered by eorpach_agus_eireannach 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of the names of towns in Ireland are actually anglicised forms of descriptions of the place or the predominant family in the area in the Irish language.
Anglicised: Clonmel. Original Irish: Cluain Meala. Translates as Valley of honey.
Likewise:
Cork - Corcaigh - Marshy place
Kilkenny - Cill Cheannaigh - Church of Saint Canice
Ballyneale - Baile Ui Neill - townland of the O'Neill Family
Oola - Ulla - Apples (lots of orchards in the area long ago)
Labbasheeda - Leaba na si - Bed of the fairies (which probably sounds hysterical to modern ears. However, here, we're talking about fairies in the original sense, as in supernatural creatures).
Derry - Doire - Oak tree
Carrick-on-Suir - Carraig na tSiuire - Rock on the River Suir.
Dungarvan - Dun Garbhan - Sandy fortress
Tralee - Tra Liath - Grey strand
Hope this helps.
2007-12-09 22:55:58 · answer #3 · answered by Orla C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dublin- from Dubh linn meaning black pool because there is an underground lake under the city.
Kilkenny- Cill Chainnigh which means the cell of Cainnis who was a saint who settled there.
Tyrone- TírEoghain means Eoghan's county
most place names were named for forts (such as places with dún or áth in their name) in the area
2007-12-09 05:13:55 · answer #4 · answered by stevie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Limavady = Leamh na Vaddagh - means Leap of the Dog and comes from an old legend about a local chieftain and his hunting dog crossing the river.
Dungiven - Means Castle of Given
Dublin - means black pool
Derry = Doire means line of the Oaks
Ballycastle = Town of the castle
2007-12-09 05:04:20 · answer #5 · answered by greenorlagh 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Kilkenny - Cill Chainnigh (Gaelic)= Church of St.Canice
Waterford - Vadra Fjord (old Norse) = windy fjord
Cork - Corcaigh (Gaelic) = swamp
Midleton (Co.Cork) - Mainistir na Corann (Gaelic) = Monastery of the choir
Tramore (Co.Waterford) - Tra Mor (Gaelic) = big strand
Carlow - Ceatharlach (Gaelic) = Four lakes
Clonmel (Co.Tipperary) - Cluan Meala (Gaelic) = honey field
Cashel (Co. Tipperary) - An Caisleann (Gaelic) = the castle
Killarney (Co. Kerry) - Cill Airne(Gaelic) = the church of the sloe
2007-12-09 10:33:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cork: Corcaigh in Irish, which means "marsh", because it was built on a marsh.
Waterford: comes from the Norse word Vedrarfjord meaning "windy fjord".
Kildare: From the Irish Cill Dara, meaning "church of the oak".
Cashel: from the Irish Caiseal Mumhan, meaning "stone fortress of Munster", because of the large area of exposed limestone upon which many forts and castles have been built over the centuries.
Youghal: from the Irish Eochaill meaning "yew woods", because there used to be many of these in the area.
2007-12-09 07:12:06 · answer #7 · answered by murnip 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Tralee was stated above ag grey strand, I'd like to disagree because the river lee runs through Tralee (not to be confused with the Lee in Cork) So Tralee come from Strand of the Lee
2007-12-12 05:58:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ballinasloe= Béal Athá na Slua= mouth of the crowd, it is on a river and is a crossing point for the river, hence everybody came to cross the river.
2007-12-09 21:38:15 · answer #9 · answered by Ciara 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I even have got here upon a minimum of 10 incorrect spellings of my townlands in eire. bypass to an internet site that lists some townlands in County Cavan and attempt to decipher the sumptuous or nearest spelling...that's what I did.
2016-11-14 04:59:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋